MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F018.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510180600F018.rap.sound Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 20 Date: 18 hour RUC valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.95,-92.05 Latitude: 36.95 Longitude: -92.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 52 SFC 965 361 20.1 19.0 93 1.1 19.4 186 10 296.3 298.9 293.8 337.9 14.46 2 950 494 19.3 18.6 96 0.6 18.9 193 20 296.7 299.3 293.9 338.3 14.38 3 900 958 16.7 15.2 91 1.4 15.7 204 30 298.7 300.9 292.8 334.1 12.17 4 850 1443 13.4 11.2 86 2.3 12.0 212 39 300.2 302.0 291.5 329.2 9.86 5 800 1952 11.0 6.5 74 4.5 8.3 219 45 302.9 304.3 290.4 325.5 7.59 6 750 2488 7.4 4.3 80 3.1 5.6 224 47 304.6 305.9 290.5 325.6 6.95 7 700 3052 3.3 2.2 93 1.1 2.7 230 48 306.1 307.3 290.5 325.7 6.43 8 650 3650 0.5 -0.1 96 0.6 0.2 235 49 309.5 310.6 291.0 327.6 5.84 9 600 4289 -2.8 -3.4 96 0.6 -3.1 235 49 312.9 313.9 291.3 328.6 4.97 10 550 4975 -6.1 -6.6 96 0.6 -6.3 233 48 316.9 317.7 291.9 330.6 4.24 11 500 5717 -10.0 -10.8 94 0.8 -10.3 229 48 320.8 321.5 292.2 331.9 3.37 12 450 6522 -15.0 -16.2 90 1.2 -15.4 227 50 324.4 324.9 292.4 332.5 2.40 13 400 7401 -21.2 -23.1 85 1.9 -21.7 224 53 327.5 327.8 292.4 332.7 1.49 14 350 8371 -28.5 -31.2 78 2.6 -29.0 222 55 330.3 330.4 292.6 333.2 0.81 15 300 9454 -37.9 -40.9 74 3.0 -38.2 221 56 332.0 332.0 292.6 333.3 0.36 16 250 10678 -49.5 -51.3 81 1.9 -49.6 220 57 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.1 0.14 17 200 12126 -53.1 -71.7 9 18.5 -53.4 249 75 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.01 18 150 13958 -57.3 -82.8 3 25.5 -57.6 245 53 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.00 19 100 16455 -66.7 -87.5 4 20.8 -66.8 262 41 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.43 m Freezing level: 642.28 mb = 3748.89 m = 12299.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.02 mb = 3686.96 m = 12096.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.34 % Est. max temperature: 25.83 C = 78.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.17 mb = 501.17 m = 1644.23 ft T: 19.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 12.74 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.79 mb = 1112.10 m = 3648.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.97 C = 73.35 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -1.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.82 C Showalter Index: 1.64 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.43 C Cross Totals Index: 21.17 C K Index: 33.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 460.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.94 mb = 977.29 m = 3206.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.94 mb = 1314.78 m = 4313.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.94 mb = 10864.24 m = 35643.40 ft B at Equ Level: 459.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.94 mb = 12694.25 m = 41647.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.4 at 44.2 knts Storm direction: 256.4 at 33.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 370.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 370.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 123.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.93 Bulk Rich Number: 4.58 Bulk Shear: 100.41 m/s